The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-09-21

The right way with peaches is TO plant |
few trees every year. They will hit oc-
casionally.
Feed all fattening animals literally, for
every little backset counts largely on the
losing side.
The thicker hay mows are made and
the tighter they are tramped the less apt
will the hay be to mould.
A light busting with white lead after
the dew is on is said to afford protection
against striped bugs on vines.
The best experiment for bringing up
herd of grade cattle to superior excellence
is to employ only pure bred males.
An old farmer says: "You bless your
stock and increase your store when you
go into winter with good supply of
roots"
The Ohio Experimental Station says
the larger corn grows the shallower
should be the plowing, for the small roots
increase with great rapidity.
A farmer in Kentucky is cited who
keeps worms off cabbages by sprinkling
on them mixture of two gallons of wa.
ter with one gallon of buttermilk.
A New York farmer says he failed to
get crop of turnips until he used un-
leached ashes to fertilize the ground.
Ashes will raise crop on any kind Of
land.
Plants growing too thickly together
cannot thrive. Some of them are as
weeds to the others. Thin them out if
too thick, and larger yield will be the
result.
Rancid butter may be made sweet by
washing it with fresh sweet milk, and
then with clear cold water. 1t should
then be used at once, or it will grow
rancid.
A flock of turkeys will range the fields
/ all summer, destroying millions of in
seots, and part of them living without
taxing the housekeeper for the means of
support.
The hoe and cultivator are the leading
implements for corn cultivation which
are not likely to be superseded. Keep
them running until the crop is ready to
be 'laid by"
1t may not be agreeable, at all times, to
have hens running at Large, but it is their
nature, and with the exercise they get,
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of eggs is usually much increased.
Hard water contains too much lime
stone, and causes bread mixed with il
soon to dry out. Use soft water to miS
the dough, and you will get mucf
better article of bread and one that will
retain its freshness.
Lands to be sown with wheat or gras,
seed this fall should be plowed as early
| as possible, worked even with cultivatol
or good harrow, and thoroughly har
rowed again before sowing time. 1t is o
great Importance to have good seeG
bed.
A contemporary says: f'The object o
plowing corn in, dry season is not 81
much to kill the weeds as to form
mulch of dry dirt that will condense tn,
moisture in the shape of dew. and tha
will consume or save the moisture tina
comes up from the hidden reservoirs be
low."
Mr.. ]. w. Clark, of Hadley, Mass,
considerable peach grower, says he ha
come to the conclusion that no certain
degree of cold can be named which j
sure death to peach buds, but that unde
varying conditions they may live or di
within considerable range of tempera
ture.
DR.. Race, of Pittstown, Hunterdo
County, N. j., has found that when pea
trees bear an exceptionally large crop
they are liable to an unhealthy appear
ance. The leaves turn yellow, smal
reddish shoots start up from the larg
branches near the trunk, and the WOO
soon becomes of dark, brownish color
For the last six years he has used potash
salt and bone in treating trees for vel
lows.
When haying and harvest are ovei
take vacation. Hitch up the horses
the spring wagon, load up the needle
conveniences and the family, and e
away to the shores of the sea or lax,
or to some pleasant hill or mountain
even if not over a mile from home, pre-
vided the spot is an attractive one an
the farm out of sight. Camp out for
week, if two cannot be afforded. Re
and recreation are the objects sought;
do not worry about how things are goir